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Manchester United have confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Andre Onana from Inter Milan with a statement released on the club's official website on Thursday. Onana has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League giants for £47.2m with an option of a further year.

“To join Manchester United is an incredible honor and I have worked hard all my life to get to this moment, overcoming many obstacles along the way. Walking out at Old Trafford to defend our goal and contribute to the team will be another amazing experience. This is the start of a new journey for me, with new teammates, and new ambitions to fight for," Onana said on joining United.

“Manchester United has a long history of incredible goalkeepers, and I will now give everything to create my own legacy in the coming years. I am excited by the opportunity to work again with Erik ten Hag, and I can’t wait to play my part in the success I know he is determined to deliver at this great football club,” he added.

The Cameroon international will be replacing David De Gea, who left the club after 12 years as the club's leading figure at the goal.

United manager Erik ten Hag worked with Onana at Ajax, where they won three league titles and two KNVB Cups together and reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.

Onana has kept 104 clean sheets in 255 club appearances and last season he won the Coppa Italia and recorded the most clean sheets in the Champions League.

“Andre was our top choice to become the new goalkeeper for Manchester United, with exactly the right profile of technical attributes and personality. Having achieved success throughout his career, we know that Andre will further add to the winning mentality we are building within our squad," Manchester United's football director John Murtough said in the official statement released by the club after Onana's signing.

“He is already one of the world’s best goalkeepers and at the age of 27 we firmly believe that he can develop even further over the coming years,” Murtough added.